Fan attachment for rocking-chairs



(No Model.

B. DAVEY. FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKING GHAIRS.

No. 581,902. 7 Patented May 4, 1897.

EDWARD DAVEY, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEIV YORK.

FAN ATTACHMENT FOR ROCKING-=CHAIRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,902, dated May 4,1897. Application filed July 22, 1896. Serial No. 600,158. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern-.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD DAVEY, a subj ect of the Queen of GreatBritain, and a resident of New Rochelle, in the county of Testchesterand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Fan Attachments for Rocking-Chairs, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forminga part thereof, in which similar numerals of reference indicatecorresponding parts wherever found throughout both views.

This invention relates to fan attachments for rockingchairs; and theobject thereof is to provide animproved device of this class which issimple in construction and operation and which is adapted to beconnected with an ordinary rocking-chair; and with these and otherobjects in view the invention consists in the device hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accc mpanying drawings form a part, in which Figure l is aside view of a rocking-chair provided with my improved fan attachment,and Fig. 2 a partial section on the line 2 2.

In the drawings forming part of this specification I have shown anordinary rockingchair provided with a seat 5, and in the practice of myinvention I pivotally connect with the outer side of one of the rockers6 a plate or bar 7, which is provided at its free end, which projectsforwardly, with a socket 8,

' which is adapted to receive the spherical head of a rod 10.

The rod 10 is enlarged centrally thereof, as shown at 11, or providedwith a cylinder on which is formed a screw-thread 12 of great pitch, andthe thread on said cylinder is deep and the walls thereof curved, asshown in Fig. 2, and I also secure to the bottom of the seat of thechair a plate 13, which projects outwardly therefrom and is providedwith a circular opening 14, the opposite sides of which are providedwith segmentally-ourved inwardly-directed projections 15, whichcorrespond inform with the thread 12, formed in the cylinder or enlargedsection 11 of the rod 10.

The upper end of the rod 10, as shown in the drawings, is provided witha plurality of fans 16, of any preferred form, which may be securedthereto in any desired manner, and the operation will be readilyunderstood from the foregoing description when taken in connection withthe accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof.

The plate or bar '7 works upon a pivot 17 as the rocker moves back andforth, and the rod 10 is free to revolve in the free end of said plateor bar, and as the chair moves back and forth on the rockers 6 said rod10 moves up and down through the plate 13, and said rod is rapidlyrevolved by means of the screwthread 12, formed in the cylinder 11, andthe inwardly-directed projections 15 on the opposite sides of thecircular openings 14 in the plate 13, through which the cylinder orenlarged section of the rod 10 passes.

The thread 12 and the inwardly-directed projections 15 on the plate 13are so formed that said rod also has a slight forward and back movementas it passes through the plate 13, this movement being necessary inorder to accommodate the rod 10 to the up-anddown movement of the plateor bar 7.

The rotation or revolution of the rod 10 operates the fans 16, as willbe readily understood, and the lower part of the rod 10 is preferablycomposed of iron or other metal, so as to give weight thereto,-it beingnecessary that the lower end of said rod should possess considerableweight in order that the device may properly operate, the downwardmovement of the rod being accomplished by gravity only.

It will thus be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention bymeans of a device which is simple in construction and operation andperfectly adapted to accomplish the resuit for which it is intended.

My invention is not limited to the exact form, construction, andarrangement of the various parts of the attachment herein shown anddescribed, as it is evident that changes in and modifications of theconstruction here in described may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination with a rocking-chair, of a fanattachment which consists of aplate or bar which is pivotally connectedat one end With one of the rockers, a rod provided with a sphericalhead, which is revolubly connected with the inner end of said plate orbar, said rod being provided centrally with an enlarged section orcylindrical portion, in which is formed a thread, and a plate secured tothe seat of the chair, and provided with an opening through which saidenlarged section or cylindrical portion of the rod passes, said rodbeing provided at its upper end With a fan or fans, substantially asshown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in pres- 15 ence of the subscribing Witnesses, this 20th day ofJuly, 1896.

EDWARD DAVEY.

WVitnesses:

JOHN MARSHALL PERLEY, HENRI J EAN ZELIN.

